The Inventory

Author Damon Young's Black Survival Glossary

10 Unbiased, Impartial and Very Good Reasons Why You Should Buy Damon's Memoir, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

3/29/19 12:30PM

A Word: How We Fight White Supremacy Reminds Us That ‘We’ Have the Power

3/26/19 12:05PM

Everything You Need to Know About What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker, Explained

28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 28: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young

2/28/19 10:36AM

Terence Nance and Damon Young on Random Acts of Flyness, Intentional Acts of Blackness, and the Beauty of Lotion

9/17/18 12:07PM

Black Excellence

Black Excellence

What It Looks Like When the Whole Team's Winning

7/25/18 12:00PM

10 Quick Things About What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker, an Upcoming Memoir in Essays From Damon Young

The Root Packs the House for Very Smart Brothas' and The Glow Up's Boss Moves Event in Washington, D.C.

10 Personal Reflections a Year After Becoming Part of The Root

7/11/18 10:37AM

For Those Wondering What Thievery the Orange-&-Whites Are Trying While Your Attention Is On State-Sanctioned Theft of Brown Babies & Murders of Black Teens ...

Rooo sez BISH PLZ

6/20/18 10:35AM

Watch: Ever Wonder What Was in a Hotep Starter Kit?

2/06/18 11:52AM

If You’re Reading This, Thank You for Everything (and Also for Reading This)

It’s Funny How 1 Title Can Fuck Up the Game: Thoughts on the Response to Damon’s Piece About Black Men

Procter & Gamble Release an Ad About ‘the Talk,’ and White People Respond With the Wettest, Saltiest, Stupidest White Tears Ever

The Root Is Gaining 2 Very Smart Brothas

Danielle C. Belton

7/07/17 12:00PM

Watch: A ‘Very Smart Brotha’ Breaks Down Darth Becky and Being the Blackest Thing on the Internet Since Marvin Gaye’s ‘Thigh Meats’

2016 Sucked For A Lot Of People. Damon Young Is Not One Of Them.

Watch: Melanin on Fleek at The Root 100

11/17/16 6:15AM

Damon, VSB Profiled In Pittsburgh Post-Gazette